Mechanisms of occupational asthma induced by isocyanates

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-36

  Deschamps, Frédéric ^a,b   Prevost, Alain ^a   Lavaud, François ^c   Kochman, Serge ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^b INSTITUT JEAN GODINOT   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ISOCYANATES; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IRRITANT AGENT; ISOCYANATE; TACHYKININ;

ATOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0031970499     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(97)00047-1     Document Type: Article

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